Felicioliva peruviana, common name the Peruvian olive, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Olividae, the olives.[2] The length of the shell varies between 27 and 55 mm (1.1 and 2.2 in). This species occurs in the Pacific Ocean from Peru to Southern Chile (not in the Galapagos Islands)
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| Apertural view of a shell of Oliva peruviana fulgurata | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Family: | Olividae |
| Genus: | Felicioliva |
| Species: | F. peruviana
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| Felicioliva peruviana | |
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References
edit- ^ Lamarck J.-B. (1811). October/November. Keppel Bay Tidings 3.. World Register of Marine Species.
- ^ Oliva peruviana Lamarck, 1811. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 17 November 2012.
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